Modals expressing "past offers"
I could have given you a lift.
This sentence is an offer only in theory. In practice it expresses possibility. Note that this is the main clauseA clause that could be a sentence in itself. E.g.: I wouldn’t go there if I were you. ("I wouldn't go there") When I arrived he was surfing. ("he was surfing") of a third conditional sentence.
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